TIRANA, November 6/ATA/ The Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP) decided to reduce wholesale fixed telephony tariffs by 57%, which will enter into force gradually in the period 1 March 2026 – 1 March 2027.
According to the decision, the call termination fee on fixed networks will be reduced from 0.7 lekë per minute to 0.3 lekë from 1 March 2026, to 0.15 lekë from 1 September 2026 and will reach the final level of 0.07 lekë per minute on 1 March 2027.
AKEP emphasized that the current tariffs are higher than the average of the 27 European Union countries and that the reduction aims to foster competition and create conditions for lower tariffs for end users.
The decision includes all active fixed telephony operators, which have been declared to have significant market power in the call termination market.
According to AKEP data, at the end of last year in Albania there were 165,380 fixed telephone subscribers, with an annual decrease of 4.5%. /a.f/p.s./
